Today's News

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert V. Davis has been named the new Command Chief Warrant Officer for the Tennessee National Guard.
The Command Chief Warrant Officer is the principal advisor to the Adjutant General, and the Assistant Adjutant General-Army for the supervision, training and well-being of the Warrant Officer Corps of the Tennessee National Guard.
Prior to his appointment, Davis served with the Tennessee National Guard’s Operations and Training Division focusing on Domestic Operations.

Harriman might have had some interest in the Regions Bank building for a future city hall, but officials voiced concern that their initial impressions of a potential profit were fleeting.
Harriman Mayor Chris Mason shared the news when Councilman J.D. Sampson asked to have Treasurer Charles Kerley attend the auction on Thursday.
“I did some research on this over the weekend. It appears what we first saw as a pretty good return on investment is not what we originally thought,” Mason said.

Your holiday visitors will be surprised when they discover that this rich and creamy eggnog requires absolutely no cooking — and you’ll be happy that this no-fail treat can be ready in less than five minutes.

At the top of the stairs in my uncle’s house, a dusty bobcat once stood guard.
It was stuffed — taxidermied — its lips drawn back in a frozen snarl, and its big feet braced for a fight it had already lost.
In my growing-up years, this silent siren had the power to draw me and my cousins in fascination en masse up the staircase — and, when we were alone with it, to repel us in fear.
Bobcats still exist in the wild, although I have never seen one.
Some creatures simply are no more.

Playing games on back-to-back days didn’t seem to bother the Midway Middle School Green Wave and Lady Waves, as after picking up a sweep of Norwood on Monday, Midway brought out the broom again on Tuesday with wins over Oliver Springs.

A move to weaken the state’s Sunshine Law doesn’t have the backing of Roane County.
Commissioners let it be known on Monday by voting down a resolution that would have supported weakening the law.
“I think we’re doing real well just like we are, and I don’t think we need to change anything myself,” Copper Bacon said.
“I think it’s good that the citizens know when we’re meeting,” Nick Forrester added.